This environmental education course explores inquiry-based methods for classroom teaching inspired by the sea. We will explore the concept of Ocean Literacy and use this ocean-themed approach to develop innovative ways to teach fundamental lessons in math, language arts or sciences connected to the natural resources of the Massachusetts coast.
We will spend our time exploring coastal ecosystems in the field and in the classroom in the context of the seven essential principles of Ocean Literacy. (The term “literacy” here is defined not as in reading and writing, but as a demonstrated ability to read the coastal landscape as influenced by the sea and relate it to one’s core teaching area.) A decade ago, hundreds of scientists and educators from around the US participated in the public review of the then-draft Ocean Literacy Principles. These Principles have had a considerable effect on ocean sciences education and funding for new initiatives and curricula in the US. This is an important an innovative way to teach all subject areas. Includes online component.
Class meets Friday 4/8 and 4/29, 4 to 7:30 p.m.; Sat. & Sun 4/9 & 4/10, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
$495 (37.5 pdps) or $695 (3 credits/67.5 pdps) *THIS COURSE TAKES PLACE ASHORE ONLY.*
Creating a 5E Lesson Plan
Engage: How will I spark the students' interest in the topic?
Explore: This is the "activity." What will the students be exploring?
Explain: What kind of meaning to my students construct from the experience?
Elaborate: How does this activity connect to what we are learning in class? How does this connect to students' lives, and/or our community?
Evaluate: How will I know what they have learned?
Remember: An Activity is NOT a lesson in itself. It is just one important part of the lesson...
Your unit of study will have a minimum of three lessons. Lesson_plan_rubric.docx
Sandy Point Google Earth Tour (to open and view this, first download google earth. Then play the tour with google earth. Along the way, you can pause the tour and click on some of the icons to see pictures that I have embedded into the tour. Sandy Point Tour.kmz
Elementary Education through Ocean Inquiry
BOAT CAMP, Inc.
54R Merrimac St. Newburyport 978-463-2233
April, 2011
Course Description
This environmental education course explores inquiry-based methods for classroom teaching inspired by the sea. We will explore the concept of Ocean Literacy and use this ocean-themed approach to develop innovative ways to teach fundamental lessons in math, language arts or sciences connected to the natural resources of the Massachusetts coast.We will spend our time exploring coastal ecosystems in the field and in the classroom in the context of the seven essential principles of Ocean Literacy. (The term “literacy” here is defined not as in reading and writing, but as a demonstrated ability to read the coastal landscape as influenced by the sea and relate it to one’s core teaching area.) A decade ago, hundreds of scientists and educators from around the US participated in the public review of the then-draft Ocean Literacy Principles. These Principles have had a considerable effect on ocean sciences education and funding for new initiatives and curricula in the US. This is an important an innovative way to teach all subject areas. Includes online component.
Class meets Friday 4/8 and 4/29, 4 to 7:30 p.m.; Sat. & Sun 4/9 & 4/10, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
$495 (37.5 pdps) or $695 (3 credits/67.5 pdps) *THIS COURSE TAKES PLACE ASHORE ONLY.*
Creating a 5E Lesson Plan
Engage: How will I spark the students' interest in the topic?
Explore: This is the "activity." What will the students be exploring?
Explain: What kind of meaning to my students construct from the experience?
Elaborate: How does this activity connect to what we are learning in class? How does this connect to students' lives, and/or our community?
Evaluate: How will I know what they have learned?
Remember: An Activity is NOT a lesson in itself. It is just one important part of the lesson...
Your unit of study will have a minimum of three lessons.
Lesson_plan_rubric.docx
Resources and additional reading
David Orr,David Sobel,
David Orr, "No tragedies before fourth grade......" in his "Beyond Ecophobia."
Ocean Lit ppt
maps.pptx
Story of Bottled Water
Sandy Point Google Earth Tour (to open and view this, first download google earth. Then play the tour with google earth. Along the way, you can pause the tour and click on some of the icons to see pictures that I have embedded into the tour.
Sandy Point Tour.kmz